Patents by Inventor Gerald B. Cole

Gerald B. Cole has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method for making thermal insulating, fire resistant material
    Patent number: 4235836
    Abstract: The invention relates to thermally insulating, fire resistant material and its production.A problem associated with fire resistant material comprising refractory material and a binder is the tendency, in use, of the material to disintegrate due to bond failure. In the invention, hollow particles of a glass or of a ceramic are combined with a binder to give a material where the proportions of binder are such that the material is capable of deformation at high temperatures (e.g. up to 1100.degree. C.) without fracture or loss of cohesion. A specific example consists of 93% by weight of hollow spherical particles of pulverized fuel ash and 7% by weight of sodium silicate binder. The material is particularly useful in the protection of steel structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 1979
    Date of Patent: November 25, 1980
    Assignee: United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority
    Inventors: Leonard L. Wassell, Gerald B. Cole, Alan Briggs, James F. Pollock